Raymond, editor of the New York Times, speculated that Kansas would become a free state because President Buchanan would pursue such a course out of political necessity. Raymond criticized the extremism of the Free State activists in Kansas and requested that Hutchinson, who was a New York Times special correspondent, seek to report on Kansas affairs in a more balanced manner.

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